Ras Burqa massacre

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The Ras Burqa massacre was a shooting attack in October 1985 on Israeli vacationers in Ras Burqa, a beach resort area in the Sinai peninsula, in which seven Israelis were killed, including four children.

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On October 5, 1985, an Egyptian soldier, Sulayman Khatir, machine-gunned a group of Israelis, killing three adults and four young children, on the dunes of Ras Burqa. According to eye witnesses, the Egyptian Central Security Forces who were nearby refused to help the wounded; furthermore, they stopped an Israeli doctor and other tourists at gunpoint from administering any aid to the victims of the shooting, and the wounded Israelis were left to bleed to death.Israeli Officials Criticize Egyptian Reaction To Sinai Killings, Associated Press, 9 October 1985.Attack Threatens Israeli-Egyptian Ties Aid to Victims of Sinai Shooting Was Delayed, Some Witnesses Say. The Washington Post, 7 October 1985. Israel protested the Egyptian refusal to allow the victims to...Read More